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Hard Questions - Facing the Problems of Life (Hardcover)
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Hard Questions - Facing the Problems of Life (Hardcover)
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In this book, John Kekes discusses the hard questions we all must
face in the course of our lives. Is there an absolute value that
overrides all other considerations? Must we conform to prevailing
conventions? Do we owe what our country asks of us? Must justice be
done at all costs? How should we respond to evil? Should we forgive
wrong actions? Does shame make life better or worse? Is it always
good to be true to who we are? Do good intentions justify bad
actions? Are moral values the highest of all values? There are
reasonable answers to these questions, but we find that they often
conflict. Their conflicts compel us to weigh the consequences of
how the decisions we make affect ourselves, our relationships, and
our attitude to the society in which we live. In this clearly and
accessibly written book, Kekes compares and evaluates the reasons
that have been given for and against answers to these hard
questions by those who actually faced them. By learning from the
successes and failures of the decisions others have made, we can
understand better how we should respond to the hard questions we
ourselves face. We can then evaluate more reasonably the
possibilities open to us and the limitations to which we are
subject. This approach is an alternative to both the absolutist and
the relativist ways of trying to answer hard questions. Absolutists
have, for millennia, fruitlessly searched for an authoritative
answer that reason requires everyone to accept. Their failure have
led relativists to assume that there comes a point at which we run
out of reasons and have no option but to make an arbitrary
decision. Kekes instead offers a message of hope by showing that
there are reasonable answers to hard questions, which are neither
absolute, nor arbitrary.
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